List of prime ministers of Benin
This is a list of prime ministers of Benin (formerly Dahomey) since the formation of the post of Prime Minister in 1960, to its abolition in 2016.
Key
- Political parties
- Dahomeyan Democratic Rally (RDD)
- Dahomeyan Democratic Party (PDD)
- Democratic Renewal Party (PRD)
- Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin (FCBE)
- Other factions
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- Independent
- Status
- Denotes Acting Prime Minister
Affiliations
FARD | Front d'Action pour le Rénouveau et le Développement
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PD | Parti Démocratique
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PRB | Parti de la renaissance du Bénin
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UTRD | Union pour le Triomphe du Renouvellement Démocratique |
PRD | Parti du Rénouveau Démocratique |
PRPB | Parti de la Révolution Populaire du Bénin
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RDD | Rassemblement Démocratique du Dahomé |
UDD | Union Démocratique du Dahomé |
Mil | Military |
n-p | non-partisan |
- Key
Political parties
- Dahomeyan Democratic Rally (RDD)
- Dahomeyan Democratic Party (PDD)
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- Benin Rebirth Party (RB)
- Action Front for Renewal and Development (FARD–Alafia)
Other factions
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- Independent
Status
- Denotes Acting/Interim Head of State
Heads of Government of Benin
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political affiliation | President(s) |
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Republic of Dahomey | |||||
1 | Sourou-Migan Apithy, | 25 May 1957 to 26 July 1958 | PD | ||
26 July 1958 to 4 December 1958 | |||||
4 December 1958 to 22 May 1959 | |||||
2 | Coutoucou Hubert Maga, | 22 May 1959 to 1 August 1960 | RDD | ||
1 August 1960 to 31 December 1960 | Thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 25 January 1964 | ||||
31 December 1960 to 28 October 1963 | Deposed in a coup d'état | ||||
3 | General Christophe Soglo, Head of the Provisional Government | 28 October 1963 to 25 January 1964 | Mil | ||
4 | Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, Prime Minister | 25 January 1964 to 29 November 1965 | PD | ||
(3) | General Christophe Soglo, Prime Minister | 29 November 1965 to 21 December 1967 | Mil | ||
5 | Major Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Prime Minister | 21 December 1967 to 17 July 1968 | Mil | Thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 12 March 1990 | |
6 | Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou, President | 17 July 1968 to 10 December 1969 | Deposed in a coup d'état | ||
(5) | Major Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Chief-of-Staff of the Army | 10 December 1969 to 13 December 1969 | Mil | 2nd Term | |
7 | Paul-Émile de Souza, Chairman of the Directory | 13 December 1969 to 7 May 1970 | Mil | ||
(2) | Major Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Chairman of the Presidential Council | 7 May 1970 to 7 May 1972 | RDD | 2nd Term | |
(4) | Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, Chairman of the Presidential Council | 7 May 1972 to 26 October 1972 | PD | 2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état | |
8 | General Mathieu Kérékou, President | 26 October 1972 to 30 November 1975 | Mil/PRPB | 1st Term | |
People's Republic of Benin | |||||
(8) | General Mathieu Kérékou, President | 30 November 1975 to 1 March 1990 | Mil/PRPB | 1st Term | |
Republic of Benin (République du Benin) | |||||
(8) | General Ahmed Mathieu Kérékou, President | 1 March 1990 to 12 March 1990 | PRB | 1st Term | |
9 | Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, Prime Minister | 12 March 1990 to 4 April 1991 | n-p | Becoming President; thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 4 April 1996 | |
Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, President | 4 April 1991 to 4 April 1996 | PRB | |||
10 | Adrien Houngbédji, Prime Minister | 9 April 1996 to 14 May 1998 | PRD | Thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 28 May 2011 | |
(8) | General Mathieu Ahmed Kérékou, President | 14 May 1998 to 6 April 2006 | FARD | 2nd Term | |
11 | Thomas Yayi Boni, President | 6 April 2006 to 28 May 2011 | n-p | 1st Term | |
12 | Pascal Koupaki, Prime Minister | 28 May 2011 to 11 August 2013 | n-p | Thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 18 June 2015 | |
(11) | Thomas Yayi Boni, President | 11 August 2013 to 18 June 2015 | n-p | 2nd Term | |
13 | Lionel Zinsou Prime Minister | 18 June 2015 to 6 April 2016 | n-p | ||
14 | Patrice Talon | 6 April 2016 to Incumbent | n-p |